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101 Years of Striking Up the Pitt Band

“When I think back to my days in the Pitt Band, I remember a
student organization that was filled with pride and spirit and proudly
represented the University,” says emeritus trustee J. Roger Glunt.

“I also fondly remember the formation of the Pitt Herald
Trumpets in 1959 and the many fanfares we performed to announce significant
University and community events.

“We band members received exceptional leadership from our
director, Robert L. Arthur, who demanded discipline, musical excellence, and
precision marching. Mr. Arthur taught us that we had unique opportunities to
represent a great university. One of those opportunities occurred in 1958, when
our band provided an escort into Fort Ligonier for President Dwight D.
Eisenhower.”

Speaking for generations of University of Pittsburgh Varsity
Marching Band members, Glunt—president of Glunt Development Co., Inc., chair of Pitt's Chancellor's Circle, and a
former president of the Pitt Alumni Association—affirms: “I learned many of my
life’s very important lessons from the Pitt Band.”